Song Writing Concept
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Today I will be discussing one way to compose the music for a song. There are many different techniques for writing and composing a song. This is just one of the way to do so.
We will start by selecting a key to write our song. If you already know what keys are best for you to sing in I would recommend doing this same process in those keys if you like the concept. Today we will be using the key of C major as this key does not have any sharps or flats. The C major scale is C,D,E,F,G,A, and B. Off of each one of these scale degrees you can build a chord. Here are the chords for the key of C major. C, Dm,Em,F,G,Am, and Bdim. The next step is some what random as you will be picking one chord from the key of C major to start our song. If you know you want the song to be an up beat happy kinda of tune you may want to start with a major chord. If you are looking to compose something a little more on the darker rain day side of things you should start with one of the minor chords from the key. Today we will start our song with the G chord. To start you should play the G chord for one measure with either quarter notes or eighth notes. Next you want to try each of the chord from the key of C after you G chord with the same rhythmic value you chose for the G chord. Meaning you would play a measure of G then try a measure of C then Dm then Em and so one until you have tried every chord in the key of C after your G chord. You should be listening for which chord you like the best after the G chord. Once you have established the first two chords that you like together then you continue the process until you have either established a 2 bar chord progression or a 4 bar progression. (the amount of bars or measures are completely up to you to decided.) Once you have the chord progression you like you are on your way to composing a song. Next you want to start to consider what you want the tempo of the song to be. Also what the feel and rhythm might be of your chord progression. Is it going to be an eighth note rock song or a reggie or funk song. After you have started to develop your idea the next things to start to think about is lyrics and other instrumentation that you might want to incorporate in the song.
Again this is just one way of getting the creative juices flowing to compose a song or chord progression.
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